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The Evolution of Decision and Cancel Buttons

Image from the blog in question. I presume they got it elsewhere.

ABA (who makes great tiny games BTW) linked to a Japanese blog post that goes over the traditional “decision” and “cancel” buttons on a miscellany of game systems. The link is to the Google Translated version of it; here is the original. It’s fearsomely detailed!

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Author rodneylivesPosted on November 16, 2022October 29, 2022Categories retroTags controllers, menus, retro

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